May 18: Psalms 66 1-4

Key Verse: Psalms 66 2
Sing the glory of his name; make his praise glorious.

Devotion:
One thing which strikes me each week on Sundays is the longing I have to get back into a building with lots of people and just lift up our voices to God! I really do miss being able to meet together under one roof and worship our awesome God. We don’t have a church building of our own, we meet in a community centre so we have to put up and take down absolutely everything each week – which is hard work, but now I realise just how worth it it actually is!

I love the simplicity of our new way of doing church now because I know it can reach so many more people who would not want to come together for fear of being found out or the fear of other people judging them… Our church slogan has always been “Come as you are” which does not just mean people can turn up to church in their joggers and T-shirts, but also means we can come to church in whatever broken state we are in.

Whatever your church is looking like nowadays, just know that God is still with us and God continues to listen to whatever songs, praise, prayers or just talking we lift up to Him! We do not have to be in a proper state before we lift up our praise or our prayers. We don’t have to get ourself straight or clean before we come to worship God. God knows what we are like, He knows what is in our hearts and He knows what is possible for us to achieve! Trust Him!

And the best part is we do not only have to meet up on Sundays! We can meet with God every moment of every day – because He is with us every second of our lives. This may well make some people cringe because they know what they are doing wrong, but we can still come to Him and give it all into His welcoming arms! It breaks my heart to know people are missing out of having a full and wonderful relationship with God!

Points to Ponder:
What did you do for church yesterday?

What will you do with God today?